Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-04-14
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fcnders ofthe Union in 81.
a Ringing Seech by Hon. w. &.
Ewing.
At the banquet of the Juneau Club,
held last week at Milwaukee, the toast
"The Democratic Party" responded to
by Hon. w. q. Ewing of Chicago, in
the following eloquent manner:
More than quarter of Il century ago
| pledged my unfaltering allegiance to
the Democratic party. In the memor-
able campaign Of 1860, when both OF
the Presidential candidates were dis
tinguished citizens of the State of
Illinois, with all the ardor of youth /
espoused the cause Of that great man
who from childhood of poverty, with
no alma mater but carpenter shop,
with no aids but his character, his in
tellect, and his energy, established
himself in the love and confidence of
the people, passed from one plane of
popular favor to another, from one
position of public trust to another, un-
til he stood the peerless statesman of
America, thrilled the nation with the
fervor of his patriotism, and left as a
heritage to the world the imperishable
renown of Stephen Arnold Douglas.
Mr.. Chairman, bring to the d scharge
of the duty YOU have assigned me no
mere lip-service. The Democratic par
ty is the party of my faith and my love.
It's history is cOeval with that of Ameri-
can Republic. ] recount its splendid
record with thrill of pride I could not
if would and would not if l could con-
ceal.
The Democratic party is and ever
has been the party of and for the peo-
pie; it is now and ever has been the
uncompromising defender of constitu-
tional guarantees and constitutional
restrictions; it is and ever has been the
patron and friend of every soldier who
in time of danger defended the honor,
unity and dignity of the nation; it is
and ever has been the unfaltering ad-
vocate of that great host who earn their
bread in the sweat of their brows; it is
and ever has been the guardian of the
public domain as heritage of happy
homes for toiling men.
1he Democratic party demands that
American citizenship, by land and by
sea, wherever the stars shine, shall car
ry with it the dignity of the American
flag and the protection of American
guns; the Democratic party demands,
in no uncertain tone, that there shall
be an honest, consistent and practical
reform in the civil service of the Gov
ernment; that public officers shall not
only he regarded but shall regard them
selves as public servants; and that publ
lie offices shall be held only as public
trust.
The Democratic party demands that
the white-winged messengers of our
commerce shall be as free as the wind
that fills their sails; itdemands that the
avenues to wealth shall be opened to all
alike, and insists that tax imposed by
law for the fostering of one industry at
the expense of another is an assault up
on the equality and crime against the
natural rights of the people; it insists
that the plow and the sickle shall no
longer pay tribute to the loom and the
trip hammer; it insists that the burden
of taxation, like the rains of heaven,
shall fall impartially on the iron noun
tains of Pennsylvania and the corn
fields of Illinois; it insists that protec-
tive tariff is protected robbery.
The Democratic party believes in the
rewards of toll, in the protection of the
man who labors. Labor is the only
true badge of nobility or worth; labor
represents everything of intrinsic value
in the world. A man is entitled to
what he earns; nothing more. Every
man who labors should be protected;
every man who does not should be
starved. Two thousand years ago Paul
said to the Thessalonians: "If any
would not work, neither should he eat."
Protect labor-prOtect it, pray you,
but not with tariff. A tariff is tax.
a tax is always burden and never a
protection. Give to the products of la
Dor an open market free sail and la
Dor will lead captive the moneyed aristo-
cracies of the world; give back to labor
the protection the Almighty gave it
open it to the markets of the world
give it an unstamped sail, and monopo-
ly will lose its power and poverty will
lose its rags. There is no natural con-
flict between labor and capitai in every
free and prosperous country on the face
of the globe labor and capital are allies
must be allies. Capital is the child
the first-born--of labor, and labor is the
chief beneficiary of capital; the vital in
terests of each depend upon the success
of the other. Capital opens avenues
to labor, and labor in turn augments
capital. Each is adapted to the other;
each is assisted by the other;and he who
would antagonize these friendly and re-
ciprocal elements in the economy of
and of existence is politi-
cal pirate.
The Democratic party is the archi-
tect It's own fortune--the dictator of
its own destiny; its principles are ap-
proved by the mind and conscience of
the people. 1t appreciates the fact that
political victory is not the result of.
chance, but, like every other triumph,
is the legitimate sequence of patient
thought, honest purpose, and earnest
effort. 1t has already demonstrated
that the demand of the American peo-
pie for the Presidential Office is not o
plumed knight, but an honest man--is
not man with feathers in his hat, but
q man with brains in his head-is not a
man of audacity, but man of integri-
ty--not man who peddles his religion
as commodity of trade, not man who
is q Catholic because his mother was
Catholic, and PRESBYTERIAN, because his